Outlook 2022

Connect and collaborate with leaders from every area of the apple industry, including production, packing, processing, sales, marketing, and new product development. In addition, the program will showcase diverse speakers and topics, growers and apple business leaders from across the nation, and the always anticipated crop forecast.

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Thursday, August 18




	Our Corporate Commitments, Your Practices and How We Collaborate to Drive Consumption Carrie Mack, Senior Sourcing Manager II – Apples & Pears, Walmart
	Discussion of Economic Conditions and Outlook Leslie McGranahan, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

	Industry Outlook & Global Crop Presentation Chris Gerlach, Director of Industry Analytics, U.S. Apple Association

	Industry Outlook 2022


Friday, August 19




	Retail Trends: Inflation and the Impact on Assortment Tom Barnes, Chief Executive Officer, Category Partners, LLC
	Current Climate of Truck Transportation in Agriculture Jon Samson, Executive Director, Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference, American Trucking Association
	USApple Forecast & Industry Insights Chris Gerlach, Director of Industry Analytics, U.S. Apple Association

This year, we’re helping registered Outlook 2022 attendees find, message and meet onsite with other attendees using the Core Connect @ Outlook 2022 networking platform:

Profile-matching helps identify prospective business partners
Scheduling tools make it easy to find mutually available times to meet at the onsite location of your choice during the entire week of Outlook 2022 (August 15 – 19)
Your contact information is kept confidential unless you decide to share it
The Outlook 2022 events schedule is included in the platform for easy reference
Emails from the Core Connect platform, including access/set-up instructions, will come from no-reply@outlook2022-usapple.converve.io. Please check your spam filters and whitelist that domain.
Core Connect is only available to registered Outlook attendees. If you are registered for Outlook and do not see the email with your Core Connect access/set-up instructions, please email Farrah Ruano with The Wyman Company for assistance.
If you have completed the Core Connect profile setup process, click here to login to Core Connect (check the ‘stay logged in’ box for quick access).

Speakers

Tom Barnes

Category Partners, LLC

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Gerlach

U.S. Apple Association

Director, Industry Analytics

Leslie McGranahan

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Vice President

Carrie Mack

Walmart

Senior Sourcing Manager II – Apples & Pears

Jon Samson

Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference

Executive Director

Tom Barnes

Category Partners, LLC

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Gerlach

U.S. Apple Association

Director, Industry Analytics

Leslie McGranahan

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Vice President

Carrie Mack

Walmart

Senior Sourcing Manager II – Apples & Pears

Jon Samson

Agricultural & Food Transporters Conference

Executive Director

Overview

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Core Connect

Speakers

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